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Apr 4, 2022 · Behind the scenes of the classic CBS show "The Waltons," some of the actors weren't always content. Here's why Michael Learned eventually left the series.
Michael Learned (born April 9, 1939) is an American actress, known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972–1981). She has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series four times, which is tied for the record of most wins with Tyne Daly.
Oct 19, 2020 · As she explained to Fox News in 2017, Michael left The Waltons in 1979 because the show had changed and she had grown bored. “There’s been times when I’ve regretted it only in that it probably would have been better to complete the whole show,” she revealed at the time.
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Actress: The Waltons. Four-time Best Actress Emmy Award winner Michael Learned was born on April 9, 1939 in Washington, D.C. The oldest of six daughters of a U.S. State Department employee, she was raised on her family's farm in Connecticut.
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Michael Learned. Actress: The Waltons. Four-time Best Actress Emmy Award winner Michael Learned was born on April 9, 1939 in Washington, D.C. The oldest of six daughters of a U.S. State Department employee, she was raised on her family's farm in Connecticut.
- April 9, 1939
Michael Learned Interview: "The Waltons" Reunion and 50th Anniversary. Four-time Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned is best known as Olivia Walton in The Waltons, a long-running CBS series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II.
Michael Learned immediately enchanted viewers with her portrayal of Olivia Walton, the matriarch of the titular The Waltons. The character was based on the mother of show creator Earl Hamner Jr., who insisted that she never did a thing wrong.
